Relationship 21: Charles H. Fisher & Mary Catt

Relationship Record 21

Male/Husband} Fisher, Charles (#2)

Family History} Hancock

Female/Wife} Catt, Mary

Relationship Type} Marriage

Marriage: Date} Exa 20 Dec 1869

Place} Port Huron City, St. Clair, Michigan

Ended: On Date} Exa 11 May 1917
By} Death of husband

Source 1}	1373=Marriage rec
Source 2}	69 = 1871 CAN cen
Source 3}	98 = 1881 CAN cen
Source 4}	100 = 1891 CAN cen
Source 5}	757 = Marriage rec
Source 6}	960 = 1901 CAN cen
Source 7}	961 = 1911 CAN cen
Source 8}	823 = Letter
Source 9}	36 = Death certif
Source 10}	123 = Newspaper
Source 11}	35 = Death certif
Source 12}	1617=Cemetery rec
Source 13}	971 = Photograph

1st Household No.}

Photo} See below

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 21 Oct 2023
Date Created} 17 Jun 1994

Notes: On 30 Dec 1869, Charles Fisher and Mary Catt, along with Mary's brother Henry Catt and Henry's fiancée Catherine Crawford, traveled from Bosanquet, Ontario, to Port Huron City, Michigan. There they had a double wedding — and each couple witnessed the other couple's marriage. Charles, a laborer, was 22 years old at that time and Mary was 21.

Charles and Mary's only daughter, Mary Ellen, was born 13 Oct 1870 in Bosanquet, Lampton, Ontario. Charles and Mary resided most or all of their 47½ years married life in Thedford, Lambton, Ontario.

In the 1871 Canada census, Charles, 23, and Mary, 22, were living in Bosanquet, Lampton, Ontario. Charles was a farmer, and they were Episcopal Methodist. Their daughter Mary was 6 months old.

In the 1881 Canada census, Charles, 35, and Mary, 32, were living in Thedford, Ontario, and Charles was farming. Their daughter Ellen was 12 years.

In the 1891 Canada census, Charles, 43, and Mary, 41, were still living in Lampton East, Ontario. Charles was a labourer, and they were now listed as Salvation Army. Their daughter Mary was 20 years. Mary Ellen married Frank Thomas Hancock on 23 Sep 1891 in Thedford Village.

In the 1901 Canada census, Charles, 52, and Mary, 52, were living in Thedford Village, Lampton East, Ontario. Charles was a laborer.

In the 1911 Canada census, Charles A., 66, and Mary, 63, were living on King St., Thedford, Lampton East, Ontario. Charles was a laborer, and there were listed as Salvation Army. He died Friday, 11 May 1917 at their home on King Street, Thedford. Mary died 18 May 1925 in Bosanquet, Lampton. The photograph at the left shows Charles and Mary circa 1900.

Children:

Total # of Children} 1

Seq. # of Primary} 1

1st Child}

Fisher, Mary Ellen (Ella)

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